Abstract: A backlight assembly includes at least one backlight sub-unit, the backlight sub-unit including a light emitting diode (LED) unit that includes at least one LED that emit a predetermined color arranged in a predetermined pattern and a sidewall surrounding the LED unit.

Abstract: A system for recharging a hybrid vehicle is provided with two motors and supplies commercial electricity to neutral points of the motors when a connection of a recharging stand is detected, forms an electricity loop through the neutral points of the first motor and the second motor according to a phase of the commercial electricity, and carries out a recharging mode by detecting at least a voltage of a DC link capacitor in a voltage converter, a voltage of a smoothing capacitor, and a battery voltage. According to the system, a current control value or a voltage control value is selected according to the recharging mode in order to recharge a battery based on the current control value or the voltage control value.

Abstract: Provided are a display device and a method for driving the same. The display device includes: a plurality of display modules; a plurality of display module drivers for respectively driving the display modules; a data divider receiving data signals for displaying an image on the display device and separating the received data signals into output data signals corresponding to each respective display module driver; and a timing control signal generator for generating a timing control signal to be supplied commonly to the display module drivers.

Abstract: An inverter for a vehicle is disclosed. The inverter for the vehicle illustratively includes: a power module provided with a power semiconductor device; a cooling module coupled to the power module and flowing a coolant therethrough; and a capacitor module mounted at the cooling module through a mounting unit and adapted to absorb a ripple current of the power module.

Abstract: An integrated electronic power control unit of an environmentally friendly vehicle includes an inverter and an LDC (low voltage DC-DC converter), which share a DC input terminal. In the integrated electronic power control unit, the inverter is an electronic power control unit that drives a motor by converting DC voltage into AC voltage, and the low voltage DC-DC converter serves as another electronic power control unit that charges a low-voltage battery by converting DC high voltage into low voltage DC voltage, where the inverter includes a capacitor module composed of a capacitor leveling input voltage and a capacitor removing noise of the input voltage, and the inverter and the low voltage DC-DC converter are integrated such that the output of the capacitor module of the inverter becomes the output of the low voltage DC-DC converter.

Abstract: Provided are a display device and a method for driving the same. The display device includes: a plurality of display modules; a plurality of display module drivers for respectively driving the display modules; a data divider receiving data signals for displaying an image on the display device and separating the received data signals into output data signals corresponding to each respective display module driver; and a timing control signal generator for generating a timing control signal to be supplied commonly to the display module drivers.

Abstract: Disclosed are a structure for construction, which includes a hollow structure having a plurality of cells provided therein with hollows, arranged in a set three-dimension pattern, and partitioned by cell walls, and a cover enclosing the outside of the hollow structure, and a method of manufacturing the same. In this way, because the plurality of hollow cells of the hollow structure are partitioned by the cell walls and provided therein with the hollows, the overall weight can be reduced, and the rigidity and strength can be maintained at an adequate level despite the reduced weight. Also, due to the cells installed in the three-dimensional pattern, the growth of cracks or damage caused by impacts can be confined to local areas. Furthermore, since the weight is reduced, distribution and transportation costs can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a treemap visualization system and method, and more particularly, to a system and method which enables a user to control a visualized three-dimensional treemap with emphasis on a hierarchical structure, without distortion of the sizes of nodes. To this end, the treemap visualization system according to the present invention comprises a raw-data receiving unit, a node-region forming unit, and a node-region protrusion unit. The raw-data receiving unit receives raw data which contains a plurality of hierarchical nodes having weight values. The node-region forming unit forms node regions which are located on a convexly curved surface so as to correspond to the respective nodes. The node-region protrusion unit determines protrusion directions of the respective node regions such that the respective node regions do not overlap with each other, and protrudes the node regions by parallel translating the node regions in the determined protrusion directions.

Abstract: A power module for an inverter that is used in an eco-friendly vehicle, such as a hybrid vehicle, an electrical vehicle, or a fuel cell vehicle, i.e., a heat sink-integrated double-sided cooled power module in which cooling efficiency is maximized by adopting a double-sided direct cooling method that uses a heat sink manufactured by an extrusion method. In particular, the heat sink is disposed in upper and lower portions of the power module, and direct bonding materials (DBMs) are deposited between the upper and lower heat sinks where a chip is interposed between the DBMs. Faces between the heat sinks, the chip, and the DBMs are bonded to one another by a solder, and an entire circumference of the chip and the DBMs is finished by a mold portion.

Abstract: A transparent conductive substrate, a method of fabricating the same, and a touch panel including the same. The transparent conductive substrate includes a first thin film layer, a second thin film layer and a transparent conductive film which are sequentially provided on a glass substrate. The first thin film layer has a refractive index ranging from 2.2 to 2.7 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness ranging from 7.6 to 9.4 nm. The second thin film layer has a refractive index ranging from 1.4 to 1.5 at a wavelength of 550 nm and a thickness ranging from 37 to 46.2 nm. The transparent conductive film is made of a transparent conductive material having a refractive index material ranging from 1.8 to 2.0 at a wavelength of 550 nm. The thickness of the transparent conductive film ranges from 24 to 38.5 nm.

Abstract: A liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of display regions that correspond to the division images. The number of the division images can be set with consideration of the number of lamps covering the display regions. The average brightness of an entire image is compared with the average brightness of the division images so as to vary brightness of each division image according to a comparison result. Light that corresponds to the varied brightness is illuminated to each display region. Therefore, a dark division image is displayed darker and a bright division image is displayed brighter in the image of one frame, thereby enhancing a contrast ratio and reducing power consumption.

Abstract: A transparent conductive substrate that is used for detecting a touched position on a touch screen panel (TSP), and a touch panel including the same. The transparent conductive substrate includes a base substrate and a transparent conductive layer formed on the base substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a patterned area which is provided by coating the base substrate with a transparent conductive film containing indium tin oxide and a non-patterned area through which the base substrate is exposed. The thickness of the transparent conductive layer ranges from 110 to 180 nm.

Abstract: A roll-to-roll sputtering method transports a flexible substrate wound on an unwinder roll to a depositing part, forms a deposited film on the flexible substrate, and winds the flexible substrate on a winder roll. The depositing part includes a first depositing part. The first depositing part includes a first sputtering part which deposits a first target material on one surface of the flexible substrate and a heater which is disposed at a side of the other surface of the flexible substrate to heat the flexible substrate.

Abstract: A local dimming driving method of the LCD device includes divisionally driving all of a plurality of blocks of a backlight unit using a maximum luminance signal and measuring luminance per block, setting one of the plurality of blocks as a reference block, detecting luminance deviations between the reference block and the residual blocks, and setting an offset value per block for compensating for the detected luminance deviations per block, analyzing an input image in units of blocks corresponding to the plurality of blocks of a backlight unit respectively, detecting a representative value per block, and determining a dimming value per block according to the representative value per block, correcting the dimming value per block using the offset value per block, and controlling the luminance of the backlight unit on a block-by-block basis using the corrected dimming value per block.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for analyzing a light profile of a light source includes driving a light source of one of a plurality of blocks which divide a backlight unit, setting a light analyzing region matched to one light emission region of the light source, dividing the light analyzing region into at least two symmetric regions considering a form of the light emission region and symmetry of the light emission region, and analyzing and storing a light profile of one of the at least two symmetric regions.

Abstract: A method for facilitating a call session includes receiving a request to establish a call session between a wireless phone and a remote phone, and establishing a call session between the wireless phone and the remote phone. The call session includes a first connection with the wireless phone and a second connection with the remote phone. The method further includes monitoring the first connection to determine if there is a connection loss of the first connection, and determining that there is a connection loss of the first connection. In response to determining that there is a connection loss of the first connection, the method further includes holding the second connection with the remote phone, attempting to reestablish the first connection with the wireless phone, and resuming the call session in response to the first connection being reestablished.

Abstract: A touch panel display device includes a display panel having a scroll bar, an upper transparent sheet bonded to the display panel, a lower transparent sheet separated from the upper transparent sheet, an upper transparent film formed on the upper transparent sheet having a first electrode is formed perpendicularly crossing the scroll bar, and a lower transparent film formed on the lower transparent sheet having a second electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides a motor drive system for a hybrid vehicle and a method for controlling the same in the event of a failure in a voltage converter, in which high voltage stored in a DC-link capacitor is discharged to a 12V electrical load through a DC-DC converter, of which the output voltage is increased.

Abstract: Disclosed are a device and a method for manufacturing a natural gas hydrate. Provided is the device for manufacturing a natural gas hydrate comprising: an ice slurry generation unit for preparing ice slurry having 13-20% of ice at normal pressure; a first pipe, having one end connected to the ice slurry generation unit for withdrawing the ice slurry from the ice slurry generation unit, and in which a high-pressure pump for increasing pressure on the ice slurry is interposed; a hydrate preparation reactor, which is connected to the other end of the first pipe so as to receive the pressurized ice slurry, and to which natural gas is supplied and mixed, for generating natural gas hydrate slurry; a second pipe, having one end connected to the hydrate preparation reactor, for withdrawing the natural gas hydrate slurry; and a dehydrating portion, which is connected to the other end of the second pipe, for dehydrating the natural gas hydrate slurry.

Abstract: A two dimensional (2D) vector graphics triangulation system and a method thereof are provided. The system includes a memory module and a triangle mesh processing module. The memory module temporarily stores a triangle mesh triangulated from a 2D vector graphics into a binary tree data structure. The triangle mesh processing module adjusts the triangle mesh, or re-performs a triangulation processing to a local region of the loop when a state of a loop of the 2D vector graphics is changed. The triangle mesh processing module includes a level of detail unit, which proportionally adjusts an error threshold according to a zoom condition of the loop, updates an error value of each boundary line when the loop is deformed, and splits a boundary line or merges two neighboring boundary lines according to the error values of the boundary lines and the error threshold.